After starting the month with a paltry $1.3 million cash on hand, Donald Trump’s campaign claims it managed to rake in $51 million in donations in June. The substantial new haul should help allay G.O.P. fears after the New York billionaire’s rival, Hillary Clinton, managed to out-fund-raise him by roughly 9-to-1 in May, though it still leaves him far behind both the Democratic nominee and where Mitt Romney stood at the same point in 2012.

On Wednesday, the Trump campaign announced it raised more than $26 million via traditional mail and online solicitations and $25 million through Republican National Committee events last month. Combined with $3.8 million out of the billionaire’s own pocket, the Trump campaign added approximately $55 million to its coffers last month, his campaign announced Wednesday. After reportedly starting last month with just over $1 million in the bank, Trump’s fund-raising success in June puts the campaign’s previous efforts to shame. Trump’s new millions, however, still fall short of the $68.5 million Clinton and the Democratic National Convention managed to raise over the same period—$40.5 million of which the former secretary of state raised directly for her campaign, the Postreports. The Donald’s latest numbers are also not based on official Federal Election Commission filings, leading some to question how much Trump actually raised for his own campaign, versus how much money was raised by joint committees with the Republican National Convention.

Compared to May, when he raised only $3.1 million, Trump’s June spoils represent a stark improvement for the Republican presidential hopeful. According to the campaign, more than 400,000 people donated to the former reality-TV star’s campaign over the 30-day period, with more than $3 million raised in a single day (although it is unclear how much may have come from the candidate himself). Though the divisive billionaire still trails Clinton, the $51 million cash injection certainly keeps Trump in the race and undoubtedly will ease G.O.P. fears that his formerly abysmal fund-raising would threaten down-ticket elections.

(New York, NY) July 6th, 2016 – Today the Donald J. Trump Campaign for President announced impressive totals from June’s fundraising efforts. The campaign’s newly established digital and small dollar operation rolled out fundraising emails which resulted in over $26 million dollars in donations for June ($19.9 million DJTFP efforts, and $6.6 million through TMAGA). This was made possible with over 400,000 supporters, with 94% of our supporters giving under $200. The first email solicitation, which contained an unprecedented $2 million match from Donald J. Trump, exceeded our goal, collecting over $3 million in contributions in one day. Donald J. Trump personally contributed $3.8 million to the campaign this month which brings total contributions to $55 million. The results from this month show the enthusiastic movement the campaign has created. People want to invest in a better future for America and Make America Great Again! The campaign very much appreciates the broad support.

The campaign, in conjunction with the RNC, also hosted 22 fundraising events throughout the country for Trump Victory, with contributions exceeding $25 million (which includes the last week of May and June). The Campaign is committed to working with the RNC to support its important operations for the Republican Party.
The fundraising team has built a top-tier operation in a short period of time led by Campaign Finance Chairman Steven Mnuchin and his RNC counterpart Lew Eisenberg, The campaign expects the success to continue throughout the summer with broad support on small dollar contributions via email solicitation from passionate supporters.
“We just started our fundraising efforts in the last week of May and we are extremely pleased with the broad-based support in the last five weeks for the Trump Campaign and Trump Victory. We want to thank our many volunteers and contributors that are committed to electing Donald J. Trump as President in November,” said Steven Mnuchin, Donald J. Trump for President Finance Chairman.